So what is a good HYROX time?
A good time is one that beats your last time, in the same division, on a comparable course. Every other number is context, and the context is wide.
- HYROX's own figure. The HYROX US FAQ says the average finisher time in 2024/25 was 1.5 hours. It does not say how that was measured, and it is not split by sex, division or age.
- The sharp end. A peer-reviewed study of seven seasons of Pro and Elite results found the median Elite finish in 2024/25 was 57:17 for men (56 results) and 1:03:22 for women (69 results).
So "about an hour and a half" fairly describes a typical finish, and under an hour is where the fastest Elite racers finish. Where you land between them depends on the three things in the headline: your division, your venue and your last race. The guide to the race covers the format itself.
What do the published figures show?
Each source below counts a different slice of the race. Read what each one covers before you read its numbers.
| Source and date | What it covers | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYROX US FAQ, 2024/25 season | Average finisher time. No method, sample or split by division given | 1.5 hours, men and women together | Not given separately |
| Rappelt et al., Frontiers in Physiology, 2026 | Median of Elite races in season 7 (2024/25): 56 men's and 69 women's results, penalised results left out | 57:17 | 1:03:22 |
| Brandt et al., Frontiers in Physiology, 2025 | Median of one simulated Open race, 11 recreational athletes (3 women), not a real event | 86.5 minutes, men and women together | Not given separately |
Two things the table cannot tell you. First, times are getting faster: the seven-season study found Pro medians improved by about 8 to 10 minutes between seasons 4 and 7 (2021/22 to 2024/25), so a benchmark from an older season is softer than it looks. Second, none of them gives a typical finish for men and women separately: HYROX's figure and the simulated race are one number for everyone, and the study's medians are Elite only. And none of them is your division and your age group this season.
Your event's results list is. It ranks every finisher within each division and within each age group, which makes it the fairest outside benchmark you have. The divisions page explains the groups.
Why is the same race faster at some venues?
Every HYROX has the same eight stations and 8,000 m of running. What changes is the building: the rulebooks let each run be split into laps, and researchers note that run sections differed with the Roxzone layout until 2024/25.
- Laps. Each run is approximately 1,000 m, and depending on the venue it is split into 1 to 5 laps. The first or last lap can be shorter because of where the start tunnel sits. You count your own laps: any lap screen is only an unofficial aid. The 200 m farmers carry can also be several laps, depending on the venue.
- The Roxzone. The transition area between the run course and the stations is fitted to each hall, and the authors of the seven-season study note that, until run segments were standardised in 2024/25, this could change the length of each run section from event to event.
- The timing points. Your result splits the race at chip reads: Running 1 to 8, each station and a separate Roxzone Time. Where those reads sit decides how much walking and jogging counts as running and how much as Roxzone.
One split shows this clearly. In the race replay, the read before the wall balls is the Rox Out after the lunges, so the Run 8 split keeps counting until you reach the wall balls and takes in the walk to them. That can make it read slower than your other runs at the same pace, by an amount that depends on the hall.
Researchers hit the same problem. The seven-season study compared total time, total running time and station times, and left split times out for that reason.
Two run splits from different halls can differ by more than your fitness changed. Compare splits only with your own races at the same venue, and treat any single Roxzone benchmark as true for the venue it came from and nowhere else.
What is a realistic time for a first race?
The figures on this page cannot tell you. HYROX's 1.5 hours covers every finisher with no breakdown, the seven-season study covers only Pro and Elite results, and the athletes in the simulated race had a median 18 months of HYROX experience, so none of them separates first races. Treat any "average first HYROX time" that does not name its data as an estimate.
Where a first race loses time it did not need to: three rulebook penalties and one pacing mistake.
- Missed laps. 3 to 7 minutes each, depending on how many laps make up a run at that venue, and a disqualification where each run is a single lap.
- Wrong arches. 2 minutes every time you enter the Roxzone through the OUT arch or leave through the IN arch, or leave a station the wrong way.
- Station faults. At most stations a fault earns a formal warning, then 15 seconds every time. At the wall balls there are no warnings: a rep counts or it does not.
- The first two runs. Fresh legs make a pace you cannot hold feel easy, and the sled push and sled pull come straight after Runs 2 and 3. A pace you can repeat eight times beats one you pay for at the sleds.
For a first race, a good result is a finish with no penalties and runs that hold together in the second half. Then you have a real number to beat. The beginners guide covers how to prepare for it.
How do Doubles and Relay times compare?
They do not compare with a Singles time at all. In Doubles both partners run every kilometre together and share the station work, and the team's time is taken when the second partner crosses the line. In a Relay, four racers each run two kilometres and do two stations, one at a time. Both are team times, ranked against other teams in the same division, so compare a Doubles result with Doubles results and a Relay with Relays. The Doubles and Relay pages explain how each one is raced.
How long does a HYROX take, and is there a time limit?
The race
Around an hour and a half of racing for a typical finisher, going by HYROX's average, and under an hour for the fastest Elite racers. Your division and the venue move it.
The day
The day takes far longer than the race. Waves start at regular intervals, for example every 10 minutes, and you must be at the start tunnel 10 minutes before your start time. HYROX's US FAQ recommends arriving 90 minutes before your division's start time (the UK FAQ counts from your own start time), to register, warm up and attend the briefing, and dropping your bag 45 to 60 minutes before you race. It says division wave times come out two weeks before the event and your own start time three days before.
The time limit
The HYROX 26/27 Singles, Doubles and Relay rulebooks set no overall time cap, and HYROX's US FAQ says there is no time limit. That does not mean every start ends with a time. A racer who does not complete a station in full gets no result data and no ranking. A Race Director can disqualify a racer, and can withdraw one on medical grounds, which the leaderboard records as Did Not Finish. Your event's athlete guide has the final word on its timings, so check yours.
How do you set a target for your next race?
- Find your result at results.hyrox.com. Note your total and your place in your division and your age group.
- Compare it with your last race in the same division. The same venue is the cleanest comparison; across venues, compare totals and allow for the hall.
- Find where the time went before you pick a number: runs against stations, how much your runs slowed, and any penalties. In the seven-season study, running made up about half of total race time in the top 100 Pro results each season. Getting faster shows how to read your splits.
- Keep divisions apart. Pro adds weight, not distance, so a Pro time and an Open time are different races. See Open or Pro.
- Enter an honest estimate. HYROX seeds its waves by the finish time you estimate when you sign up, fastest first, so an honest number puts you among racers of your pace.
First race still ahead? Make finishing the target and let that result set the next one.
When you add your race from the plus on Home or Agenda, you choose whether you are chasing a time or aiming to finish, along with the date, your division and format, your experience and how hard you want to commit. With Pro or during your trial, your coach builds your plan towards it; on the free plan the race is saved but your plan stays as it is.
The day after the race, your event moves to PAST. Open it and add your finish time, which your coach uses as a reference for what comes next. See Races and events.